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H1 SHEETS-SHEET l0 llw I w mlhl FLOYD D. STOWE, F WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, AS-SIGNOB TO E. I. DU FONT DE NEMOURS POWDER COMPANY, OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

TURRET-ZPR-ESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 9, 1918.

Application filed April 24, 1914. Serial No. 834,081.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FLOYD D. STOWE, of Wilmington, in the county of New Castle, and in the State of Delaware, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Turret-Presses, and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates particularly to presses designed for carrying out a series of operations, but it has especial reference to carrying out a series of operations in connection with the formation of slides or ears for closing bung-holes in powder kegs. .Vhile I shall describe my invention as applied particularly to forming slides for use in connection with powder kegs, my inventicn is described in this manner merely for the purpose of illustration inasmuch as it has application to carrying out any series of operations upon blanks of any kind.

The object of my invention is to provide a aress of the above character which will punch out a blank and put the blank through a series of forming operations until the blank is in its final shape without the necessity of utilizing any manual operations during the formation of the blank.

By means of my invention a blank may be punched out, automatically delivered to a rotary carrier in which the blank is subjected successively to the desired series of operations, and thereafter automatically discharged from the carrier in its completely formed shape.

.Vhile my invention is capable of embodiment in many different forms, for the purpose of illustration 1 have shown only one form thereof in the accompanying drawings, in. which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a press made in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of the same;

Fig. 4 is a vertical section of an enlarged detail thereof showing the clutca arrangement.

Fig. 5 is a vertical section detail thereof also showing rangement 5 i of an enlarged the clutchar- Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the punch plate and attached parts;

Fig. 7 is a bottom View of the same;

Fig. 8 is a plan view of the annular carrier and the means for operating the same;

Fig. 9 is a vertical section of the parts shown in Fig. 8;

Fig. 10 is a vertical section of one of the punch adjusters and attached parts;

Fig. 11 is a side elevation of the bracket;

Fig. 12 is a vertical section of one of the punch adjusters; v

Fig. 13 is a similar view of another punch adjuster;

Fig. 14: is a side elevation of the second folding punch;

Fig. 15 is a side elevation of the third folding punch: j

Fig. 16 is a plan view of the bearing pla e;

Fig. 17 is a plan view of one of the guide plates; v

Fig. 18 is a side elevation of one of the spring supporting screws.

Fig. 19 is a plan view of the unformed blank; Fig. 20 is a similar view of the formed hlanlcand Fig. 21 is an elevation. of the article shown in Fig. 20.

In the drawings 1 have shown a main frame 1, which is supported upon two lateral frames 2 which are attached to the bottom of the main frame 1 and which'rest upon the floor. Power is supplied to the press by means of a belt 3 passing over a combined pulley and fly-wheel 4:. This flv-wheel 4 is loosely carried upon a shaft 5 which is supported in bearings 6 and 7 in the main frame 1. Means is provided for connecting the pulley 4 to the shaft 5 when desired. This is accomplished by means of a treadle 8 carried upon pivots 9 in the lateral frames 2 and normally moved upwardly by a spring 8* attached to one of the lateral supports 2. The treadle 8 is attached by means of a link 10 to a bell-crank lever 11. The bell-crank lever 11 is journaled upon a screw-threaded pin 12 carried by a bracket 13 attached to the main frame 1. As shown in Fig. 5 the bell-crank lever 11 has an elongated opening 14- to receive the pin 12 so as to permit a certain degree of vertical movement in the operation of the bell-crank lever 11. The bellorank lever 11 is normally held upwardly with the lower end of the opening 14 against the pin 12 by means of a plunger 15 adapted to be pressed upwardly in a socket 16 in the bracket 13 by means of a spring 17. The spring 17 rests upon a washer 18, the position of which is adapted to be adjusted by means of a screw 19 upon which there is a lock-nut 20. Normally one end of the bellcrank lever 11 is in engagement with an arm 21 so as to disengage the pulley 4 from "the shaft 5. When, however, the treadle 8 is moved downwardly the upper end of the bell-crank lever 11 is moved out of the path of the arm 21 so that the pulley 4 then becomes engaged with the shaft 5 so as to rotate the shaft with the pulley 4. When the bell-crank lever 11 is moved out of the path of the arm 21, said arm 21 is rotated by a spring 22, one end of which extends over a pin 23 located on the arm 21 and the other end of which rests against a pin 24 carried by a screw 25 which is screw-threaded into a sleeve 26 attached in any suitable manner to the inner face of the pulley 4. The movement of the arm 21 in this manner will move the arm 21 against a stop pin 27 in the face of the sleeve 26. The arm 21 is rotatably mounted upon a clutch key 28 having its central portion cut away so as to form a fragment of a cylinder 29 which fits within a recess 30 in the pulley 4, when the sleeve 26 and the shaft 5 are not in engagement, that is to say, when the bell-crank lever 11 engages with the arm 21. When, however, the arm 21 has been moved as previously described against the stop pin 27 the part 29 is rotated so as to engage a recess 31 in the face of the shaft-5 so as to rotate the shaft with the pulley 4. The clutch key 28 has at its two ends cylindrical bearings 32 and 33, the latter of which is supported within a recess 33 in the sleeve 26 and the former of which is supported within a r cess 34 in a cap 35 which is attached to the outside of the pulley 4 and which covers the end of the shaft 5.

, Upon the shaft 5 there is keyed a forward eccentric 36 and a rear eccentric 37. The forward eccentric 36 is located in front of the bearings 6 and the rearward eccentric 37 is located between the two bearings 6 and 7. Between the rearward'eccentric 37 and the bearings 6 there is a brake 38 comprising two semi-circular clamping arms 39 pivoted upon a pin 40 on the main frame 1 and having bolts 41 and 42 which apply the desired amount ofvpressure to the shaft 5 and its attached-parts to bring the same to rest when the-shaft 5 is disconnected from the pulley 4, The clamping arms 39 Inay-be provided with leather friction surfaces 43 if; desired. The rear. eccentric 37 isconnected by means of a connecting rod 44 to 1% e p e e ins. h ad .4 an aw ie $9 44 passing through the connecting rod 44 to the head 45. In order to connect the eccentric 37 with the connecting rod 44 and to hold it in its position thereon, one side of the eccentric 37 has'a flange 47 while the other side is provided with a cover plate 48 which may be secured thereto by screws. The forward eccentric 36 is also connected with the head 45 by means of a connecting rod 49 and a wrist pin 50. In order to hold the connecting rod 49 in place on the ec-' centric 36, said eccentric has upon its inner face a flange 51 and upon its outer face a clamping plate 52, the clamping plate being held in place by a screw 53. On the larger side of the eccentric 36 there are provided recesses to receive upon the forward and rearward faces of theeccentric cams 54 and 55, said cams being secured to the eccentric 36 by a bolt 56. These cams 54 and 55 cotiperate respectively with rolls 57 and 58 located on a rod 59 carried in a slot 60 in the connecting rod 49. At every rev olution of the eccentric 36 the cams 54 and 55 contact with'rolls 57 and 58 thereby moving the same downwardly and moving in a downward direction a rod 61 which passes through the center of the connecting rod 49. This rod 61 contacts at its lower end with a rod 62 having a nut 63 and a washer 64 to hold in place a spring 65 normally moving the rod 62 upwardly owing to the fact that the lower end of the spring 65 is situated in a recess 66 against the upper end of a punch adjuster 67. At its lower end the rod 62 has a plunger 68, the purpose of which is, upon the downward move ment of the rod 62. to discharge the blank from the blanking die. The punch adjuster 67 has a screw-thread 69 to co'e'perate with an adjusting nut 70 located on the adjuster 67, above a punch plate 71 secured to the head 45 by stud bolts 71, passing from the punch plate 71 through a portion of the head 45, said stud bolts 71 having nuts 71 on their upper ends. A pair of dowel pins 71 locate the punch plate 71 in its proper position. An adjusting nut 72 is located below the punch plate 71. At its sides the punch adjuster 67 has a pair of flanges 73 with slots 74 to receive screws 75 to maintain the adjuster in its adjusted position. The screws 75 are screw-threaded to a clamping plate 7 6, which is secured to the under face of the punch plate 71. Upon the front of the punch plate 71 there is a bracket 77 which-is held in place icy-screws 78 so as to hold the punch adjuster 67 and the punch which'is attached to it removably in place on the punch plate 71. Upon the bottom of the punch adjuster 67 there is a pair of'pins 7 8 to fit within recesses 79 of a removable blanking punch 80 which punch 80 is se- 67 by means of screws 78 and M131}; this manner the punch 80 is arranged so that it may be'readily removed and replaced. The head at its side has a pair of V-shaped slides 82 which slide in a vertical direction in guides 83 carried on the main frame 1 by bolts 84. The guides 83 are arranged for lateral adjustment to take up wear by being supported against the ends of adjusting screws 85, passing through the main frame 1.

Upon the punch plate 71 there are five other punches, although the number of the punches may be of course varied to suit the ner as the first folding punch 88.

operations which it is desired to carry out. After the blank has been cut out by the blanking punch 80, the blank is submitted to the action of the first folding punch 86 which is attached by means of screws 87 to a punch stem 88 having a screw-thread 89 on its upper end to permit adjustment. A pin 90 upon the lower end of the punch stem 88 also registers with holes in the first folding punch 86 to hold the punch 86 in the correct position. An adjusting nut 91 is carried by the screw-thread 89, said adjusting nut being contained within a recess 92 in a punch holder 93 secured to the under face of the punch plate 71 by screws 94. One side of the lower end of the punch holder 93 has a slot 95 and also has a pair of ears 96 with holes 97 to receive a clamping bolt 98 to hold the punch stem 88 in its adjusted position. The first folding punch 86 has a central opening 98 and the punch stem 88 has a recess 98 to receive a stripper plunger 98 carried on a rod 98 which passes upwardly through the folding punch stem 88 and has a nut 98 on its upper end. A spring 98 surrounds the rod 98 and is located in the recess 98 to normally force the plunger 98 downwardly and hold the blank in position while it is being operated upon. The purpose of the first folding punch is to turn upwardly the two side edges of the blank into a position at right angles to the body of the blank. After the blank has been submitted to the action of the first folding punch it is formed successively by a second folding punch 99 and a third folding punch 100. The second and third folding punches 99 and 100 are supported in the same man- These punches 99 and 100 are not, however, provided with stripper plungers but instead have nuts 100 for holding the punches in position in the place of the screws 87 used for holding the first folding punch 86 in place. The second folding punch has a pair of inclined surfaces 101 to fold over the edges of the blank into positions at an angle upon V punch 103 and a dating punch 101. T he lettering punch 103 is supported in a recess 105 in a lettering punch stem 106 supported from the punch plate 71 in the same manner as the three folding punches. In the recess 105 there is a pin 10? which registers with a hole 108 in the lettering punch 105 so as to properly position the same. The dating punch 10% is supported in a rectangular recess 109 in the lettering punch stem 106 and secured in said recess by a screw 110. Beyond the lettering punch 103 there is a centering punch 111. The centering punch 111 is support-ed by a centering punch stem 112 and is secured thereto by a screw 113'. The centering punch stem 112 is supported from the punch plate 71 in the same manner as the folding and lettering punches previously referred to. It will be noted that the centering punch 111 has a beveled edge 111 so as to properly center thesame and thereby center all of the punches with regard to the stationary parts of the machine with which they coiiperate. The centering punch 111 also has a recess 115 to register with a pin 116 located on the centering punch stem 112 to accurately position the same. At thetwo sides of the head 71 near its lower end a'pair of brackets 117 are bolted to which are screw-threaded a pair of vertical'rods 118 connecting the head 45 to a cross-beam 119 which in turn is connected by a link 120 to a bell-crank lever 121 journaled in the main frame 1. The bell-crank lever 121 has attached to its upper end an adjustable link 122 which link has its end positioned in a rocking sleeve 123 attached by a stud bolt 124: and a nut 125 to a pawl guide 126 which has an upwardly directed ear 127 through which the bolt 12% passes. The pawl guide 126 is arranged to receive upon its upper surface a pawl 128 having a spring 129 which rests against a pin 130 located upon the top of the pawl guide 126. A screw 131 secures the pawl 128 and the pawl guide 126 to the top of a slide 132 which reciprocates in a dove-tail groove 133 in a pawl guide block 131 attached by a screw 135 to the main frame 1. A gib 136 is made adjustable by a series of screws 137 to take up the wear on the slide. The purpose of the pawl 128 is to move an annular carrier 138 having a ratchet 139 upon its outer edge. The annular carrier 138 is a plate having eight openings 139*. The openings 139 have beveled edgesl lO to permit the centering of the carrier 138 by the centering punch 111 at each operation upon the blanks. Between the several openings 139 in the carrier 138 and the under surface of said carrier there are provided guide-plates 14=0,"theedgesof 50 is punched out.

platellii' having a flange 1 which extends over the edge ofthe; carrier 138. In the centerafriction plate 146 is provided which has a flange 117 extending over the inner edge of the annular carrier 138 to hold the 'l5'sa1ne tightly in place during its rotation,

screws 118 being provided to press the friction-plate146 downwardly with the desired degree of pressure. Supported upon the -cover-plate '14c3 andthe friction plate 1 16 20 'thereis -a blanking-die holder 149 which is secured to the ratchet casing 14:2 by screws 150. This die; holder 119 in turn supports a blanking die 151 which is attached to the holder by screws 152, the blanking die 151 being positioned-on the die holder 1-19 by pins- 1'52 extending from the die holder 19:9 into the die 151. In the under face of the carrier 138 there is an annular recess 153 which provides a space for a bearing plate 151 which has an opening155at one side to :permit the 'discharge of the completed and "formed slides. Said bearing plate 151 also has a bottomlettering die 156 having aiposition opposite to the top-lettering die 103 'and also has a series of aluminum plugs 157 opposite the dating die 10%. 'Opposite tothe opening -l55 there is also provided in the ra'tehet casing 142 an opening'158 to permit the discharge of the completed slides =40 through theratchetcasing112.

In the operation of my: invention the. pul- "ley 1 willbe driven by the belt 3. TVhen it is desired to;put.the.press in operation the treadle 8 is depressed thereby releasing the lever-11 from engagement with the arm 21 andcoupling'the pulley 4 tothe shaft 5.. The head #15 nowreciprocates. \Vhen sheet metal-is n'ow inserted between the blanking ,punc'h80 and the blanking die 151 a blank I The blank thus punched out-is'pushed downwardly by theplunger 68 througlrthe agency of the cams 5a and -which operate upon the rolls 57 and 58. The blank then'falls downwardly intothe a55 carrier-138, the edges of the blank resting -upon-the edges of plates H0 When this operation has been completed the carrier l38- is moved by-the pawl128'to aposition opposite-thefirst folding punch 86. The

-1-60Yblank ishere operated upon by the first folding; puneh-soasto move the ed gesof' the -blankinto a position atright'an'gles to'the -bodygofthe blank. ln this forming opera .a'tio-n theplun er 98 holds the blank against 1 5 -theedgesofyt e pljatesi1 10 upon which" the blank is supported until the first folding operation is completed. At the same time thatthefolding of the edges of the blank takes place an additional blank is beingcut out by the blanking punch 80. The pawl 128 now moves the carrier 138 thus-moving thefirst blank opposite the second folding punch 99 while the edges of the-blank will be folded farther intopositions at an angle of 15 to the main body of the'blank. Dur- "1g this operation an additional'third blank will be out out'bythe blanking 'punch'SO and the second blank cut out will'be oper-' punch 100. This punch 100 moves 'the edges of the blank into afposition,p arallel to the main body of'the blank. Simultaneously therewith the blanking punch 80 cuts out a fourth blank and'the first folding punch 86 and second folding punch-99 operate upon the blanks located 'at'tlrese points'to form the same in the manner already described. The pawl 128 again moves the carrier 138 until the first'blank isopposite the lettering punch 103 whereupon'the lettering punch gives the blank theproper "letters to be applied thereto and at the same time the dating die 10% gives the blank the required date. At the same t me a fifth blank will be cutout by the blank ng punch 80 and the fi'rst,second and third folding punches 86,99 and 100 will operate upon the blanks opposite them in the manner previously described. IThe pawl '128 no'w moves the first blank opposite thebenter ng punch 111. When this takes place the formed blank will fall downwardly'through the opening'155 in thebearing plate154 and the opening 158 in the ratchet casing 142 and the blank will be discharged from the machine. At the same tnnethe other'd es will agaln operate in the same manner'to perform functions already described. The

operation of the press is thus carried oncontinuousl'y, the formed, lettered anddated blanks being continuously produced bythe press merely by feeding into the same the required quantity of sheet'metal. At each reciprocation of the head 45 all of the projections are centered atthe centering punch 111, the beveled'edge'ofwhich insures the accurate registry of the various punches and the stationary portions of the machinewi th which they cooperate. Whenthe poweris thrown off the machine by releasing the treadle 8 the press is'qui'cklybrought 'to .rest'by means of the brake 3'8. inasmuch as the blanking punch requires 'mo'refrequent sharpening it isarralrge'cl to be readily detachable independentof the remainder'of the-punehes. WYhene-ver it asidesired to -apply the press to a difi'erent series of operations the various parts may be readily removed and replaced for this purpose. This is readily accomplished by removing from the press the ratchet casing 142 and all of the parts supported thereby and by inserting a similar ratchet casing with the necessary parts attached thereto. punches may also be removed in a similar manner by removing the punch plate 71 and the various parts supported thereon and by inserting instead a new punch plate with the required parts attached.

While .1 have described my invention in detail, I wish it to be understood that many changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit of my invention.

1 claim 1. A press, comprising a blanking punch and die for producing a blank (if a given size, and a plunger for removing the blank unchanged from the die.

2. A press, comprising a blanking punch and die for producing a blank of a given size, and a plunger in the punch for removing the blank unchanged from the die.

3. A press, comprising a blanking punch and die, a plunger for removing the blank from the die, and a cam for operating the plunger.

4. A press, comprising a blanking punch and die, a plunger in the punch for removing the blank from the die, and a cam for operating the plunger.

5. A press, comprising a blanking punch and die, a rotary carrier plate having openings therein into which the die discharges, and another punch for operating on the blank while in the carrier.

6. A press, comprising a blanking punch and die, an annular rotary carrier plate having openings therein into which the die discharges, and another punch for operating on the blank while in the carrier.

7. A press, comprising a blanking punch and die, a rotary carrier plate having openings therein into which the die discharges, and a folding punch for operating on the blank while in the carrier.

8. A press, comprising a blanking punch and die, an annular rotary carrier plate having openings therein into which the die discharges, and a folding punch for operating on the blank while in the carrier.

9. A press, comprising a blanking punch and die, a rotary carrier plate having openings therein into which the die discharges, and a lettering punch for operating on the blank while in the carrier.

10. A press, comprising a blanking punch and die, an annular rotary carrier plate having openings therein into which the die discharges, and a lettering punch for operating on the blank while in the carrier.

11. A press, comprising a blanking punch T he various 7 and die, a rotary carrier plate having openings therein into which the die discharges, a folding punch and a lettering punch, both arranged for operating on the blank while in the carrier.

'12. A press, comprising a blanking punch and die, an annular rotary carrier plate having openings therein into which the die discharges, a folding punch and a lettering punch, both arranged for operating on the blank while in the carrier.

13. A press, comprising a blanking punch and die, a rotary carrier into which the die discharges, another punch for operating on the blank while in the carrier, and a centering punch for positioning the carrier with regard to the punches.

14. A press, comprising a blanking punch and die, an annular rotary carrier into which the die discharges, another punch for operating on the blank while in the carrier, and a centering punch for positioning the carrier with regard to the punches.

15. A press, comprising a blanking punch and die, a rotary carrier into which the die discharges, a folding punch, a lettering punch, both arranged for operating on the blank while in the carrier, and a centering punch for positioning the carrier with regard to the punches. I

16. A press, comprising a blanking punch and die, an annular rotary carrier into which the die discharges, a folding punch, a lettering punch, both arranged for operating on the blank while in the carrier, and a centering punch for positioning the carrier with regard to the punches.

17. A press, comprising a blanking punch and die, a folding punch, a lettering punch, a centering punch to center the other punches, and means for operating the same in serial order.

18. A press, comprising a blanking punch and die, a folding punch, a lettering punch, a centering punch to center the other punches, and means for operating the same in serial order upon the same blank.

19. A press, comprising a blanking punch and die, a carrier into which the die discharges, the carrier being bridged over by the blanking die, and another punch for operating on the blank while in the carrier.

20. A press, comprising a blanking punch and die, an annular carrier into which the die discharges, the carrier being bridged over by the blanking die, and another punch fpr operating on the blank while in the carrier.

21. A press, comprising a blanking punch and die, a carrier into which the die discharges, the carrier being bridged over by the blanking die, another punch for operating on the blank while in the carrier, and a centering punch for positioning the carrier with regard to the punches.

22. A ress, com risin a blankin unch In testimony that I claim the fore 0111 P P e g P g e and die, an annular carrier into which the I have hereunto set my hand. die discharges, the carrier being bridged FLOYD D STOVVE I over by the blanking die, another punch for operating on the blank While in the carrier, Witnesses: and a centering punch for positioning the C. K. MUDGE, 7 carrier Wlth regard to the punches. A. M. GORMAN. g

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